Claude Deschamps, dit de Villiers
French actor and playwright
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| Intro | French actor and playwright | |
| Places | France | |
| was | Writer Playwright | |
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio Literature | |
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| Birth | 1600 | |
| Death | 23 May 1681Chartres, arrondissement of Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France (aged 81 years) |
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Claude Deschamps, sieur de Villiers (c. 1600 – 23 May 1681 in Chartres), was a 17th-century French actor and playwright.
Specializing in valet roles, he was a member of the troupe du Marais then of the Hôtel de Bourgogne
In 1659 he wrote Festin de pierre ou le Fils criminel, a tragicomedy known to be one of the sources for the Dom Juan by Molière and four burlesques comedies: L'Apothicaire dévalisé (1658), Les Ramoneurs (1662), Les Côteaux ou le Marquis friand (1665) and Les Trois Visages